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PM 'open-minded' on nuclear power

Written by BBC
Monday, 21 November 2005
The government is to keep its energy options open, including nuclear power, after being urged by business leaders to tackle a possible UK energy crisis. Concerns have been growing over future power supplies and rising gas costs. Tony Blair's spokesman said: "The prime minister's view is that we need to look at all the options and everybody knows that is what we are going to do." He said it was important to look at it in terms of the UK's energy security and also "in terms of climate change". The CBI, the business lobby organisation, says energy requirements are now top of the business agenda as fuel costs rise and worries grow over gas supplies this winter. Ministers have been urged to draw up a "coherent" policy within the next year. Cost study The CBI has stressed a firm decision on a new generation of nuclear stations must be included in any new policy. It said one-third of the UK's generating capacity would have to be replaced by 2020 and called on the government to commission a study into the cost of nuclear energy compared with alternative sources of power. ----------------- Complete article BBC -----------------

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